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"heart beat" is a protest anthem alive with the sounds and spirit of the movement on the streets of Chicago, across the nation and world. It features a rap verse, layered vocals, and keys by Hip Hop artist and activist L O Kari of the Chicago-based Elephant Rebellion collective, alongside demonstrators’ chants recorded at rallies in the streets, as well as an excerpt from a moving poem by Chicago activist Ethos (who was part of a delegation of Chicago teens called “We Charge Genocide” who traveled to the UN Convention Against Torture in Geneva, Switzerland in 2014 to testify on the extent of police brutality enacted daily on the streets of Chicago). The track concludes with activist/organizer and co-founder of the #LetUsBreathe collective Damon Williams sharing the vision that keeps him going every day working in the Movement for Black Lives and spearheading actions like Freedom Square, which focused public attention on the Homan Square illegal torture site in Chicago, and cultivated a people’s space for cultural exchange, political education, healing, and putting abolitionist ideals into practice.
lyrics
you can’t kill the heartbeat
it’s startin to beat ya, it’ll start to teach ya, yea,
you can’t kill the heartbeat
the art, or freedom, the art of freedom, yea,
you can’t kill the heartbeat
the harder you beat us, the more that you feed us, yea,
you can’t kill the heart beat
the star keeps beamin, the heart keeps beatin, yea
never has a tyrant entirely silenced his defiance
nor a line of riot cops in time overrided the riots
never has revival of genocidal ideas triumphed
long enough, right, to quiet all of the fighters though they’ve always tried
even after years and centuries of treaties proven hollow
Wounded Knee and DAPL, see the Sioux uphold laws you don’t follow
even after Jackson, slave-catchers, Alabama, Laquan McDonald,
Watts, Holocausts, and Ayotzinapa, you can’t stop Hip Hop, no!
definitely not in any of my favorite spots in Chicago
in the city of John Vietnam, Haymarket Martyrs, DuSable,
every minute that I’m still breathin, best believe I’ma be following
where the wind blows, heart still beatin, feelin the flow of the Tao..
Oh,
you can’t kill the heartbeat
it’s startin to beat ya, it’ll start to teach ya, yea,
you can’t kill the heartbeat
the art, or freedom, the art of freedom, yea,
you can’t kill the heartbeat
the harder you beat us, the more that you feed us, yea,
you can’t kill the heart beat
the star keeps beamin, the heart keeps beatin, yea
[LO Kari]
Have you ever been hated?
Conversation / Know your color /
At this rate we're chasin /
Truth and light / but would leave your brother /
What more is to life?
I can't seem to shake this feelin
What's wrong is right
I'd rather focus on winning
Cuz every time I turn on the news
It's back to back to back that my people dyin
And it's a shame we pretend like
Every thing is fine and /
And what good is a lion
If they cut off your feet as a cub?
I do not fuck with your hugs
How can I trust you after all the things you've done
To people who look like us?
[Crowd]
you can’t kill the heartbeat, (Get up, stand up!)
you can’t kill the heartbeat, (Stand up for your rights!)
you can’t kill the heartbeat, (Get up, stand up!)
you can’t kill the heartbeat, (Don't give up the fight!)
of Mama Nature, Mama Mama Nature, (Cuz I never give up the fight!)
of Mama Nature, of Mama Nature! (Cuz I never give up the fight...)
credits
released August 11, 2020
"heart beat" by Adam Gottlieb & OneLove ft. L O Kari
produced by Anthony Beck (Audio Warrior Productions) and Russell Wine
Adam Gottlieb (Main Songwriter): Vocals, Guitars, Percussion, Flute
L O Kari: vocals, keys
Noah Silver-Mathews: Bass
Tony Mest: Drums
Amanda Suckow: Violin, Vocals
Anthony Beck: lead guitar
Roy McGrath: Tenor Saxophone
Jed Lickerman: Vocals
Crowd Vocals: Aimee Bass, Loren Phillips, Patrick Baranovskis, Gabi Gomez, Ben Bonkoske, Izzie Graves, Diana Zwinak
Audio Samples: Ethan "Ethos" Viets-Vanlear, Damon Williams
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